Umbrella



L ALLESINA.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 1919.

Patented J an. 27, 1920.

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UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed June 16, 1919. Serial No. 304,424.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN ALLESINA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Umbrella, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in umbrellas and pertains more particularly to a novel construction of runner therefor.

The primary object of the invention i to provide a runner for umbrellas which will serve the purpose of maintaining the ribs in extended or folded position, and at the same time will obviate the disadvantages of the runners generally in use. In the common form of runners employed in umbrellas con siderable drawbacks are experienced in the operation of the catches which engage the runner and serve to hold it in its extended or folded position, and it is a further object of this invention to overcome these disadvantages as well as the possibility of injury to the hands of the person during the operation of raising and lowering the umbrella.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of an umbrella, with the ribs in folded position and provided witha runner constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the ribs of the umbrella in their extended position;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 38 and taken in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 1;

F ig. 4 is a detail top plan view,

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional View of a modified form of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings. the staff of the umbrella i designated by the referen e character 5, and 6 designates the geat thereof. This geat is undercut as at 7, to provide an annular projecting shoulder 8, the ribs being pivotally mounted within the cut-out portion 7 and at a point beneath the annular shoulder 8 bvmeans of a wire or like element 9. By this construction it will be apparent that the water is shed by the cover in such a manner that it is impossible for the water to pass to the interior of the cover, this being prevented by means of the annular shoulder 8.

Secured near the ferrule end of the staff 5, is a stop 10, which is preferably in the form of a ring, and rigidly secured in its proper position to the staff. A similar ring 11 is provided near the handle end of the stafl. Each of the rings 10 and 11 is provided with a bevel face 12 and 13, respectively, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

Slidably mounted on the staff 5, is a sleeve 14. and rigidly secured near each end of the sleeve is a ring 15, each of said rings being provided with diametrically opposite openings 16. The upper end of the sliding sleeve 14 is provided with equi-distantly spaced lugs 17, which form the means for pivotally mounting the stretchers 18 of the umbrella frame/ E The reference character 19 designates elongated resilient sheet metal plates, which are provided on their opposite ends with reduced portions 20. Near each end these plates are stamped as at 21, toprovide depending tongue 22, which tongues are adapted to be received within the openings 16. The tongues 22 are bent at right angles for this purpose, as designated by the reference character 23 and shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The reduced ends 20 of these resilient plates 19 are bent at right angles as designated by the reference character 24, and said right-angular ends 24 are adapted to engage with the ring 10 and 11 for the purpose of retaining the umbrella in either its open or closed position.

The operation of the device is as follows: hen the umbrella is in its folded posltion as shown in Fig. 1, the resilient plates 19 are grasped and pressed inwardly until they assume the position shown in dotted lines in said figure. This lifts the rightangular ends 24 of the resilient plates 19 out of engagement from behind the ring 11, and permits of a sliding of the sleeve 14 on the stafi 5. As the sleeve 14 is moved along the staff 5, the upper right-angular ends 24 ride up the bevel face 13 of the ring 10 and snap behind said ring.

WVhen it is desired to close the umbrella, the resilient plates 19 are depressed to disengage the right-angular ends 24 from behind tbe ring 10 and the sleeve is moved longitudinally of the staff 5 in the opposite direction, the right-angular ends 24 riding up the bevel face 13 of the ring 11, adjacent the handle of the stafi and snapping behind said ring as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a runner for umbrellas which is simple in construction and operation, and in which owing to the fiat surface of the resilient plates 19, all possibility of injury to the hands Of the operative is eliminated.

In the modified form of the invention, the, sleeve 14 is provided near each of its ends with a notched ring 80.

The resilient members 19 are provided on their inner faces with lugs 31, and said lugs are adapted to be in the notches of the notched rings 30, and be secured therein by means of a wire or the like 32.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination with an umbrella staff having a plurality of spaced rings rigidly attached thereto, a runner comprising a sleeve, a plurality of annular flanges rigidly carried by said sleeve in spaced relation to each other, said flanges being provided with a plurality of openings, resilient members having right-angular ends adapted to alternately engage with the rings carried by the umbrella stafi, and integral tongues carried by said resilient members and adapted to engage in the Openings of the rings carried by the sleeve of the runner,

said tongues forming the securing means for the resilient members, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described comprising a sliding sleeve provided on its periphery near its ends with rigid attaching means, resilient members provided with integral. tongues adapted to be bent into engagement with the rigid attaching means to secure the resilient members in place on said sleeve, and right-angular ends integral with said resilient members.

JOHN ALLESINA. 

